Janyce Denise Glasper talks with three of her former teachers or mentors at PAFA to get their reaction to the recent changes the school made to its curriculum.
Read MoreJanyce Glasper reads a book she calls “unputdownable.” The book is a novel and its story, set in Italy, compares the lives of a Victorian-era Black artist (lightly based on that of Edmonia Lewis), and a contemporary Somali artist researching the earlier artist’s life.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper’s trip to Miami’s Art Basel and the allied fairs, Untitled and Prizm was lightning fast and filled with eye treats. Janyce highlights examples of diversity in the fairs.
Read MoreOur contributor Janyce Denise Glasper experiences her first Miami art fair in December, 2023, and zeroes in on the diversity she finds. Enjoy this post and the names that it sheds light on.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper sees an exhibit by Njideka Akunyili Crosby in New York at David Zwirner Gallery.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper argues that the late Dr. Samella Lewis’s advocacy for inclusion of those whose lives and art have been overlooked in the art history canon must be carried forward.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper sees the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit organized by the beloved artist’s sisters Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, and calls it strong, meaningful and moving. The ticketed show, in Chelsea, with exhibition design by Sir David Adjaye, OBE, has been extended to Sept. 3, 2022.
Read MoreCalling it Faith Ringgold’s “moment to shine,” Janyce Denise Glasper writes about the experience of spending an entire day immersing herself in Faith Ringgold’s detailed expressive works at The New Museum and ACA Galleries. She comments that Ringgold “invested so much in her brave, revolutionary practice. The audience must perform that same duty to her.” Both shows are up until early or mid-June, 2022. Links and more information at the bottom of this post.
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